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[Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in an adolescent hemophiliac]

Arch Fr Pediatr. 1986 May;43(5):341-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/87047939
Pichot F; Bader B; Laurian Y; Alvin P; Tardieu M; Tchernia G; Larrieu MJ; Courtecuisse V

Abstract: In an adolescent with hemophilia B, the diagnosis of AIDS was established in face of cachexia, orodigestive candidiasis, associated with lymphopenia, major decrease in T4/T8 ratio with marked decrease in T helper cells and presence of LAV-antibodies. The patient died rapidly from a cerebral infection due to Toxoplasma gondii. Difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of cerebral toxoplasmosis are discussed.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DIAGNOSIS/*ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Adolescence Brain Diseases/DIAGNOSIS/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Case Report Christmas Disease/*COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY English Abstract Human Male Opportunistic Infections/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Toxoplasmosis/DIAGNOSIS/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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